All are natural ecru color.
The problem is they have gotten brown "age spots".
Since I assume these are unused fabrics, and therefore don't have
beverage spills or the like, what you are seeing is probably some form
of mold.
I know I can probably
dye a darkish color to hide them, but I'm wondering if there is any way
to remove the spots totally.
Bleach may kill the mold, though that does not necessarily remove the
stain the mold creates. Look up remedies for removing mildew. Mildew is
little black specks, which can cluster together into a solid mass.
Fabric can mold in other ways, but the methods for removing different
molds are alike. There's a reddish-brown mold stain that I remove from
antique white clothing with oxygen bleach. Luckily, I have not had to
deal with it on colored clothing. (It helps me not to buy clothing with
such stains to begin with.)
The most effective way to cover the stains is probably to dye the
fabrics. If stains are not widespread on a fabric, perhaps you could cut
around them when cutting out.
Note that mold spores get around; meaning that if you put these fabrics
next to other fabrics or clothing, and the mold has not been killed,
then your other fabrics and clothing may eventually acquire brown spots.
Especially if they, or your general climate, is damp. It's true that
mold spores are always floating around in the air, but you do
significantly increase your chances of getting mold on a fabric by
storing it right next to one that already has mold.
Fran
Lavolta Press Books on Historic Costuming
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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